Hold Print
Sending a Hold Print file
Click the menu button of the application you are using, and then click [Print].
Select the printer you want to use.
Click [Preferences].
In [Job Type:] on the [Basic] tab, click [Modify].
In the "Job Type:" list, click [Hold Print].
In the "Detailed Settings", enter a User ID in the "Enter User ID:" box.
You can optionally set a file name of a Hold Print file.
To specify the print time of the document, select the [Set Print Time] check box, and then specify the time.
This setting is available for the PCL 6 printer driver and PostScript 3 printer driver.
You can specify the time in 24-hour format.
Click [OK].
Change any other print settings if necessary.
Click [OK].
Start printing from the application's [Print] dialog box.
When the specified print time is close to the time in the machine's built-in clock, printing may start immediately.
When the main power of the machine is turned off, printing will not start even if it is the specified print time. To print a document whose specified time has already passed, set [Jobs Not Printed As Machine Was Off] to [Print When Machine On] on the [Print Jobs] in [Data Management/Maintenance] under [Printer Settings]. For details, see Data Management/Maintenance.
If an error message is displayed on the control panel, printing will not start even if it is the specified print time.
Printing a Hold Print file using the control panel
When printing is completed, the stored file will be deleted.
Press [Printer (Classic)] on the Home screen.
Press the [Print Jobs] tab.
Press [Hold Print Job].
Select the files you want to print.
You can select all the Hold Print files at once by pressing [Select All Jobs] after selecting a file.
If necessary, press [Preview] to check the print image of the document.
Only the first page of the document is displayed in the preview screen. No previews can be displayed when more than one document is selected.
Press [Exit] to close the preview screen.
Press [Print].
To change the print settings of the document, press [Detailed Settings].
For details about the settings that can be configured, see Settings That Can Be Configured on the Control Panel.
Enter the number of copies using the number keys if necessary, and then press [Print].
If you change the number of copies when multiple documents are selected, the newly specified number of copies will be printed for all of the selected documents. If you do not change the number, the number of copies specified when the documents were stored will be printed for each document.
If printing of a Hold Print file is scheduled at a certain time and you want to print the file before the time specified, print the document using the control panel.
To stop printing after printing has started, press [Job Reset] or [Stop] on the [Printer] screen. The file will be deleted.
You can also print a Hold Print file from Web Image Monitor. For details, see Web Image Monitor Help.
Changing the print time of a Hold Print file
The print time of the Hold Print files stored in the machine can be changed using the control panel. You can also set or cancel the print time of a Hold Print file.
Press [Printer (Classic)] on the Home screen.
Press the [Print Jobs] tab.
Press [Hold Print Job].
Select the Hold Print file that you want to change the print time.
Press [Set Print Time].
Enter the print time using the number keys.
To cancel the print time, press [Cancel].
Press [OK] or [
].
You can also change, add, or cancel the print time specified for a Hold Print file from Web Image Monitor. For details, see Web Image Monitor Help.
Deleting Hold Print files
Press [Printer (Classic)] on the Home screen.
Press the [Print Jobs] tab.
Press [Hold Print Job].
Select the files you want to delete.
You can select all the Hold Print files at once by pressing [Select All Jobs] after selecting a file.
Press [Delete].
Press [Yes].
You can also delete a Hold Print file from Web Image Monitor. For details, see Web Image Monitor Help.